POSTS TAGGED AS Neurology

“Pacemaker” for Chronic Back Pain

Precision Spectra Spinal Cord Stimulator
Earlier this year, the FDA approved a new spinal cord stimulator from Boston Scientific [MORE]

Voice App Analysis of Concussion

In order to diagnose concussions at the point-of-trauma, computer scientists at the University of Notre Dame have developed a [MORE]

Wireless Implantable Brain Sensor

Wireless Implantable Brain Sensor
Largely because of limb amputations in recent wars, rehabilitative bioengineers have been developing prosthetics that can [MORE]

3-D Printed Skull Implants

OPM 3D Printed Skull
Polyketone is a high performance thermoplastic polymer that Oxford Performance Materials (South Windsor, [MORE]

Lincoln Ataxia

British geneticists have identified a new genetic disease, or, more properly, a new genomic spectrum disorder: neuronal spectrinopathy.  It [MORE]

Max Planck in Florida

Sometime this year, construction and furnishing of the Max Planck Institute for Neuroscience will be completed in Jupiter, FL—the [MORE]

Magnetoencephalography and MRI in Mapping Brain Activity

In cases of severe epilepsy, a hemispherectomy sometimes is the last resort. But if the location of those “electrical [MORE]

Huntington’s Disease in a Dish

Finding a cure for Huntington’s disease has been limited to trials with living patients until now.  Researchers at Johns [MORE]

Stem Cell Trial for Stroke

Though the patient base is small (only a half dozen so far) neuroscientists at the University of Glasgow in [MORE]

Stem Cells Used in Making Blood-Brain Barrier Tissue

Blood Brain Barrier
Using both embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University [MORE]

Glucose Fueled Brain Implants

Silicon Wafer
In the genre of brain-machine interfaces for restoring lost motor function or sending impulses to a prosthetic, ultra [MORE]

Individuality of Concussions

About 30% of mild concussions cause permanent impairment, but which patients are likely to have that outcome at the [MORE]

Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

It’s called transcranial direct current stimulation, and it involves placing electrodes on the scalp to stimulate the cerebellum’s motion [MORE]

Graphene Bionics

Cortical Neurons Grown on Graphene
Biomaterials researchers are constantly looking for substances that can interface with human tissue, such as [MORE]